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TIL Sweat is basically filtered blood.

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xXZw TIL Lars von Trier’s creativity is the result of his mother purposely having an affair with her former employer in order to give him “artistic genes”. She told him on her deathbed.
Vxk8 TIL a man who was a pioneer in sleep research died when he slammed his car into a tree north of San Diego in 1998. An autopsy suggested he may have fallen asleep at the wheel
w7bP TIL That the scene in Matrix Reloaded when Trinity hacks into a power station’s computer is actually an accurate portrayal of a hack exploiting a real SSH vulnerability.
pmpb TIL a porcupine cannot be raped
KOA1B TIL that “ruby” chocolate is the fourth chocolate type and the first new chocolate type in 80 years. It is pink due to the color of the cocoa beans used to make it. It was unveiled by Swiss-Belgian cocoa company Barry-Callebaut in September 2017, and had been in development since 2004.